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. >> also, the first woman to be executed in virginia in 100 years. we're live from the scene. >>> this is 9news now. >> and we will have that live report on the execution of teresa lewis from virginia in just a few minutes. >>> but first a fast moving fire has forced more than a dozen people out of their homes late tonight. >> flames burned three closely built home to the ground within a matter of minutes, but amazingly nobody was hurt. our own brittany morehouse has been live all afternoon long where she's watched as many try to come to grips with what went down. brittany. >> reporter: coming to grips after seeing flames 20 feet wide and 50 feet high shooting out of the houses behind me. so powerful was the fire that it carried embers this size 300 yards away. now threatening houses in this area as we just heard from a young lady that at 8:45 tonight the bushes in front of her house caught fire and this is after they watered their lawn for four hours. it burned one house to ground level, ripped through two more next door and if not for firefighters
. >> also, the first woman to be executed in virginia in 100 years. we're live from the scene. >>> this is 9news now. >> and we will have that live report on the execution of teresa lewis from virginia in just a few minutes. >>> but first a fast moving fire has forced more than a dozen people out of their homes late tonight. >> flames burned three closely built home to the ground within a matter of minutes, but amazingly nobody was hurt. our own brittany...
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the outer loop in virginia. the accident is cleared and looks like the inner loop is okay between 95 and 66. i want you to know in chevy chase we have a water main break. as a result of that we have willard avenue closed between river and north park road. they will be out there for quite some time. as we move it outside, 270 northbound, we have an accident at shady grove. going southbound, no problems to the split, just slick pavement. and the big thing we are watching, 70 eastbound between 29 columbia pike and the river bridge. it is shut down. all eastbound lanes because of an overturned tractor-trailer. hearing from howard county officials, they are thinking it will be cleared up and out of the way between 5:30 and 6:30 this morning so it will be here throughout the bulk of the morning rush. back to you. >>> be careful what you wish for. remember we were talking about drought conditions in our area and how much we needed the rain? well, howard is here and he has more on how much rain we could get. we didn't n
the outer loop in virginia. the accident is cleared and looks like the inner loop is okay between 95 and 66. i want you to know in chevy chase we have a water main break. as a result of that we have willard avenue closed between river and north park road. they will be out there for quite some time. as we move it outside, 270 northbound, we have an accident at shady grove. going southbound, no problems to the split, just slick pavement. and the big thing we are watching, 70 eastbound between 29...
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also coming in from virginia. moving northward in to fairfax countiful travel will be tough just about anywhere. light to moderate rains in prince georges county. expand out and show you the heavy rains from annapolis down to western anne arundel in to calvert county and just in to the bay, in the northern neck. and this area of rain, we are talking about rain totals here have been incredible. this has difficulted to the bay as it is moving to the north. so far three to four inches of rain or more. upwards of five in to southern st. mary's county. kristin said the trampoline is gone and the winds. we had big winds and storms that rolled in earlier. and this is just the beginning. a lot of light to moderate rain covering everybody but the yellow and oranges are the heaviest in the metro and.s south. on the weather computer, we will give you the tour. the moisture continues to stream in from the bahamas up here through north central, eastern north carolina. most of virginia, maryland, up through pennsylvania, new yo
also coming in from virginia. moving northward in to fairfax countiful travel will be tough just about anywhere. light to moderate rains in prince georges county. expand out and show you the heavy rains from annapolis down to western anne arundel in to calvert county and just in to the bay, in the northern neck. and this area of rain, we are talking about rain totals here have been incredible. this has difficulted to the bay as it is moving to the north. so far three to four inches of rain or...
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it finished fist among virginia familiarers. the 45 vendor market is open every saturday morning in the parking lot of the falls church city hall. you can find more information by checking out a new feature on wusa9.com. look for the flu box in the middle of the home page and then click the change button to find news in falls church and 52 other communities in our area. >>> the smoking toddler who made headlines around the world seeps to have kicked the habit. they are keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't light up fen. this story has captured america's attention. >> because it is so different than what we do here in america and the antismoking campaigns and everything else seems to be a much different attitude over there. >> apparently part of the treatment is they are trying to get him more focused on play time instead of smoking time. keeping the kids entertained is tough sometimes in they had break the nicotine addiction, as well. >>> let's talk about hurricane earl. it lost a little bit overanytime that's a good thi
it finished fist among virginia familiarers. the 45 vendor market is open every saturday morning in the parking lot of the falls church city hall. you can find more information by checking out a new feature on wusa9.com. look for the flu box in the middle of the home page and then click the change button to find news in falls church and 52 other communities in our area. >>> the smoking toddler who made headlines around the world seeps to have kicked the habit. they are keeping an eye...
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here's peggy desenso, a licensed counselor in virginia. did we have any concrete warning signs when somebody's going to go from extreme thinking or posting things on the internet to posting something violent. >> we do sometimes. it depends on the person and one of the problems with this kind of person and this extreme situation is often times these people are isolated so there may not be anyone to pick up on the symptom. >> court ordered some sort of mental health intervention in 2008 after he was arrested. that didn't happen, for whatever reason, he was on probation but didn't get the help. could that have made a big difference. >> absolutely, because there are laws in certain jurisdictions that require mandated treatments, and in which case he would have been carefully monitored and have been given the services he needed and this kind of thing could have potentially been prevented. >> lite talk . >> let's talk about the hostages. one gentleman talked about the heroing hours and thanks his friends for support. what happens to someone who'
here's peggy desenso, a licensed counselor in virginia. did we have any concrete warning signs when somebody's going to go from extreme thinking or posting things on the internet to posting something violent. >> we do sometimes. it depends on the person and one of the problems with this kind of person and this extreme situation is often times these people are isolated so there may not be anyone to pick up on the symptom. >> court ordered some sort of mental health intervention in...
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forecasters had predicted she had spared virginia beach too. but her high winds and rains tore a multi-million dollar hole in the ocean front. >> we went home and declared victory too early in bonnie and many this time some storm comes close to us, we're watching that storm very clickly and as soon as its past virginia beach we'll have our sigh of relief. >> reporter: they're hoping a new sand burm will hold back the waves and title surge. on atlantic avenue crews are hauling away metal trash cans to keep them from bashing windows in the storm. but kristin collins is just hoping for some business at her bathing suit store. >> business has been bad today. we're expecting more people out here, but it's dead. there is no one out here. >> reporter: the winds are definitely starting to pick up. we have our wind gage here. you can see this is well over 17 miles per hour. we're expecting it to get significantly higher than that. expect a high with winds -- the highest probably around 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. back to you. >> i think your worst time
forecasters had predicted she had spared virginia beach too. but her high winds and rains tore a multi-million dollar hole in the ocean front. >> we went home and declared victory too early in bonnie and many this time some storm comes close to us, we're watching that storm very clickly and as soon as its past virginia beach we'll have our sigh of relief. >> reporter: they're hoping a new sand burm will hold back the waves and title surge. on atlantic avenue crews are hauling away...
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virginia, virginia 66 eastbound no real problems but we're getting report a disabled vehicle near root 50 drivers still moving at speed. your delay going northbound looks like it's stretching from prince williams' parkway towards route run and going southbound towards thornburg. be wear we're losing right lane due to fire crews trying to contain a brush fire. >>> hurricane earl is continuing to spin towards the east coast. it's forecast to graze north carolina's outer banks late thursday, but virginia's governor isn't taking any advances. governor bob mcdonnell will declare an emergency later this morning. 9news now' kristin fisher has the latest. >> we now know hurricane earl will most likely not make landfall but even the storm has been downgraded to a category 3 hurricane, virginia's governor bob mcdonnell is warning that mandatory evacuation orders are still not out of the of the question for residents along the coast. now, the latest forecasts are putting the eye of the storm hitting just about 200 miles east of virginia beach, but governor bob mcdonnell warns there's still some r
virginia, virginia 66 eastbound no real problems but we're getting report a disabled vehicle near root 50 drivers still moving at speed. your delay going northbound looks like it's stretching from prince williams' parkway towards route run and going southbound towards thornburg. be wear we're losing right lane due to fire crews trying to contain a brush fire. >>> hurricane earl is continuing to spin towards the east coast. it's forecast to graze north carolina's outer banks late...
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card in virginia -- drivers license or i.d. card in virginia. massive shut downs plague the dmv and two other state agencies. governor mcdonnell is calling for an independence investigation. he wants to know whether the contractor in charge should reimburse the state for lost business and productivity. no word on when the system will be back up and running. >>> a reminder about this weekend's work on metro. starting friday night at 10:00, five red line stations will be closed so crews can do work on the tracks and switches. the tacoma/silver spring, wheaton and glenmont stations are scheduled to re-open 5:00 tuesday morning. >>> it looks like work on what has been called on one of the worst bridges in our area will start next year. we first started telling you about the condition of the bridge. it got cool ratings after the i- 35/w bridge collapsed in minneapolis three years ago and vdot says construction will begin next year. the agency is hoping to award a contract by february and have all of the work finished by 2014. >>> taking a look at thi
card in virginia -- drivers license or i.d. card in virginia. massive shut downs plague the dmv and two other state agencies. governor mcdonnell is calling for an independence investigation. he wants to know whether the contractor in charge should reimburse the state for lost business and productivity. no word on when the system will be back up and running. >>> a reminder about this weekend's work on metro. starting friday night at 10:00, five red line stations will be closed so crews...
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hurricane watches have been issued for virginia. art howard has been looking at the maps and has the latest. howard? >> let's reiterate. yes, it's category 3, 125 miles per hour sustained wind. it's a little weaker but still a major hurricane. here's the hurricane warnings in eastern north carolina and you can see the entire outer banks to the state line. now, around here, hurricane -- south open but tidewater, norfolk and hampton roads up have to watch out. this is likely to be upgrade to a tropical storm warning, maybe tonight or tomorrow, as we get closer 24 hours out. those are the warnings as they stand now. the hurricane itself is well defined, impressive looking, color enhanced, you can see the clouds wrapping around the center. it has a chance to get stronger moving north and east. on 9 futurecast, you can see the storm skirting the coast and by midday friday, beginnings to pull north and east. heaviest around coastal areas. we may not have rain and we need train but this is a coastal storm, not so much here we'll have probl
hurricane watches have been issued for virginia. art howard has been looking at the maps and has the latest. howard? >> let's reiterate. yes, it's category 3, 125 miles per hour sustained wind. it's a little weaker but still a major hurricane. here's the hurricane warnings in eastern north carolina and you can see the entire outer banks to the state line. now, around here, hurricane -- south open but tidewater, norfolk and hampton roads up have to watch out. this is likely to be upgrade...
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we are tracking the beltway in virginia. looks like that we are dealing with a little bit of flooding on the off and on ramps. so you want to take it easy approaching those or coming off of them and still quiet on 395 making your way from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. andrea, over to you. >>> in ornews this morning, one person is dead after a charter bus filled with parents and children overturned under the northbound sky ramp on to the i- 270 spur. it happened yesterday, just after 4:00 in the afternoon along northbound 270 between rock ledge and montross road. police say the bus went off the side of the flyover ramp and landed 45 feet below. the driver, 66-year-old joseph a claybaugh died at the scene. the children on the bus were from carlisle, pennsylvania and were heading home from a trip to the national zoo when the accident happened. 11 passengers were hospitalized. the exact cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> a rash of home and car break ins in fairfax county have police looking for a serial burg
we are tracking the beltway in virginia. looks like that we are dealing with a little bit of flooding on the off and on ramps. so you want to take it easy approaching those or coming off of them and still quiet on 395 making your way from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. andrea, over to you. >>> in ornews this morning, one person is dead after a charter bus filled with parents and children overturned under the northbound sky ramp on to the i- 270 spur. it happened yesterday, just...
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we want to look at conditions in alexandria, virginia. jessica joins us live from old town. >> reporter: it is still coming down here in old town alexandria. it will keep coming down. we are being treated to a light rain. the sun has come up. we have daylight or at least overcast daylight. we have seen torrential downpours this morning. let me show you the scene on old town alexandria. we want to let you know that you can pick up sand bags at king and lee streets. bring proof of residence to pick up the sand bags. this around is called my thai. you will notice no sand bags. this is the situation we see all up and down king street. this is the low-lying area of old town alexandria. there is a 20-swath block that tends to get flooded when the potomac jumps its banks. there are lots of puddles. people are walking their dogs and enjoying the life in the morning in rain gear. obviously we have the potomac over here. the concerns are high tide comes to us at 1:25 today. with the amount of rain, the potomac could jump its banks. we had the indic
we want to look at conditions in alexandria, virginia. jessica joins us live from old town. >> reporter: it is still coming down here in old town alexandria. it will keep coming down. we are being treated to a light rain. the sun has come up. we have daylight or at least overcast daylight. we have seen torrential downpours this morning. let me show you the scene on old town alexandria. we want to let you know that you can pick up sand bags at king and lee streets. bring proof of residence...
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to over northern virginia, manassas. that line of thunderstorms will continue a northerly movement and that will have heavy rain fall. i don't doubt, 1 to 2-inch rain fall per hour over the next several hours. we will fill in more rain here in washington through the next several hours. topper. >> let's look at the model now. this is our rain potential and again, you see the sharp edge of some pretty significant rain. an inch or so up to 5 inches of rain. that's why we are saying an additional 1 to 5 inches of rain is possible. so round 2, critical time. 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the bulls eye is east and southeast of town unfortunately and allow extra time tomorrow and please, if you can, tell commute, if you are lucky enough to do that. there will be more street flooding tomorrow. we love to have your pictures, e-mail them to photos, go on our facebook and dc flood if you would. now in addition to the rain, we have some winds. winds gusting to 28 miles per hour downtown. 32 miles per hour at easten and a 25-mile per hour
to over northern virginia, manassas. that line of thunderstorms will continue a northerly movement and that will have heavy rain fall. i don't doubt, 1 to 2-inch rain fall per hour over the next several hours. we will fill in more rain here in washington through the next several hours. topper. >> let's look at the model now. this is our rain potential and again, you see the sharp edge of some pretty significant rain. an inch or so up to 5 inches of rain. that's why we are saying an...
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tomorrow up to norfolk, virginia beach. passing the delmarva tomorrow. midday tomorrow, yeah, it will be rough through noon. after noon things will improve as the storm heads to massachusetts where they are under a hurricane warning for cape cod. an then the storm will be out of here quickly. the next 24 hours will be the worst around here. but the weekend will bring big changes once earl passes. i will have those details in a few minutes. thank you. >>> so far governor o'malley says it is unlikely that ocean city will have to be evacuated but the government is advising drivers not to drive to or from that area during the storm. scott broom has the latest on preparations that are occurring there. scott, what can you tell us? >> i'm outside of the emergency operations center in ocean city where there is a 1:00 briefing of officials. they are on the same page as governor o'malley. you can feel a little humidity building and a little breeze coming in from the east. that's a hint of the tropics and aahing of what's to come. as i said earlier, ocean city offi
tomorrow up to norfolk, virginia beach. passing the delmarva tomorrow. midday tomorrow, yeah, it will be rough through noon. after noon things will improve as the storm heads to massachusetts where they are under a hurricane warning for cape cod. an then the storm will be out of here quickly. the next 24 hours will be the worst around here. but the weekend will bring big changes once earl passes. i will have those details in a few minutes. thank you. >>> so far governor o'malley says...
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maybe up to 50-55 miles per hour virginia beach. early tomorrow morning. and then saturday, sunday and labor day great and sunshine and low 80s. for our beaches, probably only 79 on sunday and monday with tropical storm force winds early on friday morning. you're going out in the mountains. if you're west of the divide, only 79 tomorrow and only 63 on saturday with showers and then upper 60s and sunshine on monday and finally 74 on labor day. the next 7 days. 89 tomorrow and 80 on saturday. cooler and just fantastic on sunday, 79. labor day sunshine back in the upper 80s. and then we're hot just briefly derek. low to mid-90s and then back in the 80s next thursday. and you know it's september and you know just like in march it can't stay cold for very long in september, for very long. >> fiona? >> fiona and gaston and then there is one behind that. it's all on the website if you want to track them. >> we'll be back. >>> and tune in bright and early every morning. andrea, angie and howard have the news and weather and traffic you need before you head out the
maybe up to 50-55 miles per hour virginia beach. early tomorrow morning. and then saturday, sunday and labor day great and sunshine and low 80s. for our beaches, probably only 79 on sunday and monday with tropical storm force winds early on friday morning. you're going out in the mountains. if you're west of the divide, only 79 tomorrow and only 63 on saturday with showers and then upper 60s and sunshine on monday and finally 74 on labor day. the next 7 days. 89 tomorrow and 80 on saturday....
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look at the heavy rains through eastern north carolina and southeastern virginia. that's what's headed for the morning commute. we'll tighten up to close in view around the immediate metro area on the computer and we'll see moderate rain moving in from the metro area from the south. this is like a tropical conveyor belt, really. we'd like you to help sending them to the website, post on facebook or tweet, and go to twitter and please tag your tweets with dc flood and we'll put them on the air as soon as possible. overnight, rain and thunderstorms go into effect. lows of 60 and 65. i'll come back with breakdown of weather and rain fall amounts for your area. . >> down in alexander ria, crews are clearing drains hoping to clear the potential of high water. they've seen this sort of thing before. earlier tonight, trailer trucks loaded with sand bags made deposits at king and lee streets. meantime over in annapolis, the city is keeping a big eye on a aging dam. that 90-year-old dam's foundation is eroding and there are gaping cracks in the wall. regulators have deemed
look at the heavy rains through eastern north carolina and southeastern virginia. that's what's headed for the morning commute. we'll tighten up to close in view around the immediate metro area on the computer and we'll see moderate rain moving in from the metro area from the south. this is like a tropical conveyor belt, really. we'd like you to help sending them to the website, post on facebook or tweet, and go to twitter and please tag your tweets with dc flood and we'll put them on the air...
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and high clouds spreading into southeast virginia. and also into parts of delmarva. now by tomorrow morning, at 5:00, the storm is essentially going to be past hatteras as a cot gory 2 -- category 2 moving to the northeast at a good clip. it begins to increase in speed as it parallels the coast. by 2:00 tomorrow it's essentially past ocean city parallel. if you draw a line parallel to ocean city, the storm is north of it. and when that happens, mainly the bad stuff is over. the rip currents could still be big and the swells could be big. the winds are over. by saturday this thing has hauled through cape cod, past yarmouth and up toward the north atlantic. and so again a fast-moving storm. hurricane warning, much of the north coast. tropical storm warning for us. but there is also a hurricane watch from rehoboth beach down south to the virginia border. so we have both on the delmarva. temperature right now 94 downtown, 93 in frederick. it's hot today. it's a little bit more humid. the temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday so it is kind of a wash in ter
and high clouds spreading into southeast virginia. and also into parts of delmarva. now by tomorrow morning, at 5:00, the storm is essentially going to be past hatteras as a cot gory 2 -- category 2 moving to the northeast at a good clip. it begins to increase in speed as it parallels the coast. by 2:00 tomorrow it's essentially past ocean city parallel. if you draw a line parallel to ocean city, the storm is north of it. and when that happens, mainly the bad stuff is over. the rip currents...
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our next stop moves us to virginia. 66 eastbound. everyone is fine this way. moving at speed. moving to the maps the beltway in virginia, drivers are okay from the wilson bridge past 95, past brad took to 66. 395 lanes are wide open past duke street to inside the beltway. finally we will call it a wrap in northeast dc. everyone is moving. there's just a few drivers out here on inbound new york avenue past bladensburg road. back to you. >>> we have a commuter alert for riders who take the red line to work. metro's tacoma, silver spring, forest glen, wheaton and glenmont are scheduled to reopen in 30 minutes. the stations were shut down during the holiday weekend so workers could replace track, rail switches and new tunnel safety lights. new heater tape was also installed to help rail conditions during the winter. >>> it's back to work this morning for discovery channel employees nearly a week after a deadly standoff. last wednesday, police say james lee walked in to the silver spring building and fired as by toll sparking the lockdown. he took three people hostage including the
our next stop moves us to virginia. 66 eastbound. everyone is fine this way. moving at speed. moving to the maps the beltway in virginia, drivers are okay from the wilson bridge past 95, past brad took to 66. 395 lanes are wide open past duke street to inside the beltway. finally we will call it a wrap in northeast dc. everyone is moving. there's just a few drivers out here on inbound new york avenue past bladensburg road. back to you. >>> we have a commuter alert for riders who take...
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bruce leshan is live in virginia beach. scott broom is live in ocean city where the wind anne and rain are picking up and of course howard is tracking the storm from the weather center. let's start with howard. >> the storm is staying off shore and weakening wind down to 85 miles an hour. the back edge of the rain is raining across anne arundel, eastern charles and st. mary's and calvert county but it will wind down shortly. the clouds have been back toward us keeping the temperatures at bay. in the low 80s. go to the radar and zoom in a little bit and you can see how the storm is moving in. it is almost even with cbs hictague here. i put the winds down with the radar. we will go to my night an you can see the storm had big winds. as we went through overnight they had more gusts. norfolk gusts of 28. through now, winds 32 hatteras, 22 norfolk. 28 ocean city. the winds mainly off shore. in fact this buoy here, north winds gusting to 38. that is east of fenwick island. that is where the heart of the heaviest winds are. still
bruce leshan is live in virginia beach. scott broom is live in ocean city where the wind anne and rain are picking up and of course howard is tracking the storm from the weather center. let's start with howard. >> the storm is staying off shore and weakening wind down to 85 miles an hour. the back edge of the rain is raining across anne arundel, eastern charles and st. mary's and calvert county but it will wind down shortly. the clouds have been back toward us keeping the temperatures at...
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didn't the virginia court of appeals just rule it was okay for the fairfax county police to tail a sex offender with one of those devices without a warrant? >> yeah, it did, but that ruling is in conflict with this ruling from the federal court of appeals here in d.c. it's also in conflict with state courts in new york and massachusetts. really seems likely this will end up before the supreme court. >> all right. on that note tomorrow morning, we'll hear from the local attorney who managed to get the drug conviction tossed out when police used one of the gps units without a warrant. it is going to be another banner weekend across our area. perfect weather for the grand opening of cox farm. the leesburg farm will have zoo animals, hayrides, maizes, plus chow down on country farm food. that's a nice picture. go to our web site and click on where you live, and select leesburg to find out more information or stuff going on in your backyard, select your own neighborhood. where you live on wusa9.com. . >> i wonder if they have any fried stuff out there. >> i'm going to guess a little bit. >>
didn't the virginia court of appeals just rule it was okay for the fairfax county police to tail a sex offender with one of those devices without a warrant? >> yeah, it did, but that ruling is in conflict with this ruling from the federal court of appeals here in d.c. it's also in conflict with state courts in new york and massachusetts. really seems likely this will end up before the supreme court. >> all right. on that note tomorrow morning, we'll hear from the local attorney who...
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well we start off school for a lot of kids in virginia and that moms like me bus stop forecast. you might say mild. a touch of a cool spot from 68 and down to the 70s notice 7:00 or 8:00 hour. taking you through the rest of the afternoon on tuesday. temperatures warming up to near 90. there is a code yellow air quality. a touch of pollution. 85 still on temperature. and warm 90 in culpeper. and most of us dropping into the 80s and 70s. and the winds picking up, 10-15 miles per hour tomorrow. might be a touch of humidity notice coming back in. here is the front here in the mid morning. 8:00 is when our future cast shows that to arrive. there might be a passing shower. slightest chance. most likely a bank of clouds. not bad by the afternoon. a lot of sunshine. a west to northwest breeze picking up and cooler air rushing into thursday and into next weekend. highs in the 70s, lows into the 50s. that's for the district. outer suburbs will be pushing into the 40s for a low for that time. and we could bring showers in as soon as saturday. i'm keeping them out. i think an isolated storm
well we start off school for a lot of kids in virginia and that moms like me bus stop forecast. you might say mild. a touch of a cool spot from 68 and down to the 70s notice 7:00 or 8:00 hour. taking you through the rest of the afternoon on tuesday. temperatures warming up to near 90. there is a code yellow air quality. a touch of pollution. 85 still on temperature. and warm 90 in culpeper. and most of us dropping into the 80s and 70s. and the winds picking up, 10-15 miles per hour tomorrow....
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in many areas in virginia, and maryland and virginia, are already looking at extreme drought conditions. this is in motion here. this is a future cast. there is no sign of rainfall. wednesday, another front moves through. but it comes through dry. so there will be a few more areas that will most likely be added to a severe drought index. and in that category, the last thing we want to see as we head into fall of course a fire threat. overnight lows, look at this, 55. 53 andrews. 52 in bowie. head out there are 40s on here. 49 in sterling. this is nice. cool crisp evening. open up the windows. now not much to and he of. since we're in the labor day time, i call this my degrees of labor. you may find your job out here. how how about model. colorado 74 degrees. carpenter wyoming 75. for you ceos i have power, monz. baker, oregon 73. fisherman's wharf, pilot hills close to 100. for you coaches, texas, 90. >>> probably the toughest job on here, we salute you at 77 degrees, and for all those who tell their spouse, honey i have to go out of town, i have to work hard, labor, don't work too hard
in many areas in virginia, and maryland and virginia, are already looking at extreme drought conditions. this is in motion here. this is a future cast. there is no sign of rainfall. wednesday, another front moves through. but it comes through dry. so there will be a few more areas that will most likely be added to a severe drought index. and in that category, the last thing we want to see as we head into fall of course a fire threat. overnight lows, look at this, 55. 53 andrews. 52 in bowie....
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in to virginia becomes a tropical storm warning. hurricane watch up for the cape. before the seven day, we want to show you the wind fields here. yellow is tropical storm winds and the red is hurricane. by 2:00 tonight hurricane-force winds on the outer banks. tomorrow morning notice how the tropical storm-force winds are grazing the delmarva to louis, delaware tousles purrry. op the west side of the bay not close enough. closer to annapolis gusting to 20. to easton 30-mile an hour busts but it is really going to be a coastal storm an with the waves and winds beach erosion as well but it will race quickly out of here. there it goes. nine future cast tracking the storm feting close the eye is off shore here. this is tomorrow morning. there is hatteras where the outer bands an heavy rains. and this will race out of here as the front comes through. the weekend looks real nice. here's the seven-day forecast, mid-90s today. 90 tomorrow with hazy skies and high clouds and sunday 80. labor day 88. gorgeous and hot next week. tuesday and wednesday in the 90s. >>> hope you
in to virginia becomes a tropical storm warning. hurricane watch up for the cape. before the seven day, we want to show you the wind fields here. yellow is tropical storm winds and the red is hurricane. by 2:00 tonight hurricane-force winds on the outer banks. tomorrow morning notice how the tropical storm-force winds are grazing the delmarva to louis, delaware tousles purrry. op the west side of the bay not close enough. closer to annapolis gusting to 20. to easton 30-mile an hour busts but it...
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right now a focus on virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> tomorrow will be more interesting, especially in eastern virginia but a quiet morning with temperatures in many areas in the 80s and a real need for rain. speaking of our weather watchers out in like charlie in catlett. leesburg 77. culpeper 75. checking out by noon, winchester 91. fredericksburg 87. this afternoon we are looking at temperatures in the low 90s, maybe t 5 for the high. >>> right now virginia, slow goes seem to be your story this morning. we are jammed from 50 to nutley. that delay is growing. taking you to 395. tracking the northbound trip and it ain't moving fast. plus 10 to 15 minutes and slow from the pentagon to the 14th street bridge. flying high above the dulles toll road. no incidents or accidents along the way past the airport to hundreder mill. continuing to route 7. it is 38. -- 6:38. hope you are off to a great start. we'll be right back. mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third po
right now a focus on virginia's weather and traffic. here's howard. >> tomorrow will be more interesting, especially in eastern virginia but a quiet morning with temperatures in many areas in the 80s and a real need for rain. speaking of our weather watchers out in like charlie in catlett. leesburg 77. culpeper 75. checking out by noon, winchester 91. fredericksburg 87. this afternoon we are looking at temperatures in the low 90s, maybe t 5 for the high. >>> right now virginia,...
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right now already dealing with the first accident of the morning and it comes from virginia. southbound 95. watch for it at backlick road. we are losing two left lanes going northbound you are okay. continuing on to 3 t 5 northbound, everything is nice and clear from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. we are tracking 66 eastbound. no problems to report out this way through mass transit to inside this -- manassas to the beltway. north of the district from georgia avenue, continuing in to virginia crossing the american legion bridge and wrapping up with southbound 95 an the bw parkway, smooth sailing for those traveling out of the baltimore area past 198 toward powder mill and beyond. >>> hurricane earl is heading up the east coast. right now it is a category two storm an it is situated off the coast of north carolina and carrying winds as high as 105 miles an hour. the national weather service says it produced a small storm surge an minor flooding. much of the east coast is expected to endure 28 hours of stormy windy weather as earl swirls north. it is expected to stay awa
right now already dealing with the first accident of the morning and it comes from virginia. southbound 95. watch for it at backlick road. we are losing two left lanes going northbound you are okay. continuing on to 3 t 5 northbound, everything is nice and clear from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. we are tracking 66 eastbound. no problems to report out this way through mass transit to inside this -- manassas to the beltway. north of the district from georgia avenue, continuing in to...
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as you get up to virginia beach, wave heights about five feet. so it's beginning to make its presence felt. let me show the satellite picture. it has weakened. the pressure has gone up. winds are down to 105 miles per hour. it's about -- >> the winds have slowed a bit to 105 miles per hour. certainly still powerful and we're feeling the effects now. a lot of gusty wind and some rain and the worst is expected in the next few hours. hurricane earl is slamming waves into north carolina's coast. the massive storm started moving closer as the sun went down. donna headed to the beach to capture its arrival. >> i wanted to see how rough the ocean is and just how angry it's getting. >> reporter: a hurricane warning meant evacuation orders for about 35,000 tourists and residents on the outer banks. the ketners were angry to see their vacation cut short. >> we were going to ride it out. but when they make you leave. >> reporter: business owners with no plans to leave boarded up with little time to spare. north carolina's governor says the state is prepared
as you get up to virginia beach, wave heights about five feet. so it's beginning to make its presence felt. let me show the satellite picture. it has weakened. the pressure has gone up. winds are down to 105 miles per hour. it's about -- >> the winds have slowed a bit to 105 miles per hour. certainly still powerful and we're feeling the effects now. a lot of gusty wind and some rain and the worst is expected in the next few hours. hurricane earl is slamming waves into north carolina's...
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tonight thousands came out and watch virginia tech face off against boise state. both college football -- the facts given news from north carolina where this weekend unc had to play without 13 players deemed in eligible. add that to trouble at other colleges last year, and it begs the question can you win without cheating? brittany morehouse diggs into the debate. >> reporter: there may be no virginia tech or boise state alumni, but many college football fans here admire the schools nevertheless. >> i think it's great that they don't have any blemishes. >> i think they definitely have the same pressure that all of the other division one teams have. however, they have done it the right way. >> they have always had a prestigious program. can you do it the right way. >> reporter: pressures that we learned this weekend caught up to the university of north carolina. one among many in the long list of college athletic programs dating back to who knows how long. >> you go back to the 90s. and some of the players get paid by agents and all of that stuff came out 15 years
tonight thousands came out and watch virginia tech face off against boise state. both college football -- the facts given news from north carolina where this weekend unc had to play without 13 players deemed in eligible. add that to trouble at other colleges last year, and it begs the question can you win without cheating? brittany morehouse diggs into the debate. >> reporter: there may be no virginia tech or boise state alumni, but many college football fans here admire the schools...
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moving to 95 in virginia. it will be slow as well from dale boulevard all the way up to route 123, below speed all the way. check the travel times for you. on 495, 95 to 270, 24 minutes. below speed there. it is 6:30 on the dot. back to you. >>> in just 90 minutes, maryland's first slots parlor opens for business. it is opening three days ahead of schedule. the perryville hollywood casino is just off of 95, about 60 miles north of the beltway. it's home to 1500 both slot machines. owners expect to create 350 jobs and generate $100 million a year in taxes. maryland voters aproved slots four years ago. the casino will have an official grand opening on thursday. the new slots parlor has fresh competition from just a bit up the road. the sugar house casino is open in philadelphia. it took four years between getting a license and opening its doors after protest from neighbors. philadelphia is the largest city with a full casino. >>> uncle sam has a message for our local governments, clean up the anacostia river, an
moving to 95 in virginia. it will be slow as well from dale boulevard all the way up to route 123, below speed all the way. check the travel times for you. on 495, 95 to 270, 24 minutes. below speed there. it is 6:30 on the dot. back to you. >>> in just 90 minutes, maryland's first slots parlor opens for business. it is opening three days ahead of schedule. the perryville hollywood casino is just off of 95, about 60 miles north of the beltway. it's home to 1500 both slot machines....
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in virginia, there's no hand held cell phone ban. texting while driving is a secondary offense. >>> and we want to remind you about a very important campaign here at channel 9. it's called the great hangup. it's our effort to get everyone to stop using their cell phones illegally while they are driving. if you have been affected by a distracted driver talking on a cell phone or texting, we want to share your story on the air. you can tell us your story by going to the great hangup page at wusa9.com or call us at 202- 895-5960. >>> some new traffic safety improvements in chevy chase are going to make it safer for people on foot. he was on hand today for the dedication of a pedestrian safety island. it's near rock creek elementary school. the intersection has been the site of several accidents over the last five years. >>> something that we've done because one, it is important. secondly, it saves lives. and thirdly, because we are responding to the community. the community recognized the problem and we responded promptly. >> officials
in virginia, there's no hand held cell phone ban. texting while driving is a secondary offense. >>> and we want to remind you about a very important campaign here at channel 9. it's called the great hangup. it's our effort to get everyone to stop using their cell phones illegally while they are driving. if you have been affected by a distracted driver talking on a cell phone or texting, we want to share your story on the air. you can tell us your story by going to the great hangup page...
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end with 95 northbound in virginia. it is one solid, steady slow ride from lorton to backlick and going southbound, we were hoping the accident at backlick would have cleared by now but it is still there taking away alet lane. >>> at the top of the hour it is all the about hurricane earl. as howard told us the storm is moving by the outer banks. this is what it looks like in atlantic beach, north carolina. a lot of towns were evacuated ahead of the storm. the delmarva is bracing for a brush with earl later this afternoon. how are things looking right now? >> well, we somewhere are just starting to feel the tropical afcs. the wind has picked up. close to gale gale force. an the winds off the ocean has a tropical feel. so we know something is close but as howard reported really primetime for earl on the delmarva peninsula is yet to come. probably in the mid to late morning. although officials here in ocean city think it will be over by 3:00. even so, this has been an exercise in preparedness. the big gates on the sea wall
end with 95 northbound in virginia. it is one solid, steady slow ride from lorton to backlick and going southbound, we were hoping the accident at backlick would have cleared by now but it is still there taking away alet lane. >>> at the top of the hour it is all the about hurricane earl. as howard told us the storm is moving by the outer banks. this is what it looks like in atlantic beach, north carolina. a lot of towns were evacuated ahead of the storm. the delmarva is bracing for a...
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this is a big, big weekend down here in virginia beach. as you zoom down towards the board walk down that way, you see the scaffolding along with the red flag, that scaffolding is for the american music festival and the emergency managers here are trying to decide whether they need to take that down, and they're going to be keeping a close eye on the track of that storm. if it tracks a little bit closer here, if they're too ticked to the west, they will definitely take the scaffolding down. look at the videotape. this is the uss cole, which came home early. it survived a bombing in the middle east but it is concerned about hurricane earl and, in fact, the entire fleet at the norfolk naval base is a little bit concerned about earl and they're preparing on 24 hours' notice to deploy out to sea and to get out in front of this storm. we talked to someone who has sensible advice for everybody. >> when you are at the beach and the waves look great and the sun is sunshining and kind of wrapping up the summer, it is easy to minimize the fact that
this is a big, big weekend down here in virginia beach. as you zoom down towards the board walk down that way, you see the scaffolding along with the red flag, that scaffolding is for the american music festival and the emergency managers here are trying to decide whether they need to take that down, and they're going to be keeping a close eye on the track of that storm. if it tracks a little bit closer here, if they're too ticked to the west, they will definitely take the scaffolding down....
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moving over to 3 t 5 northbound -- 395 northbound in virginia. looking good from et cetera toll the 14th street bridge. 66 eastbound out of centreville. no issues making your way past route 50 to the beltway. 270 southbound looks good here at 109 to the split. no problems as it is wide open. also want to remind drivers, hov restrictions have been lifted today except for route 50. if coming back from the beaches or across the bay bridge, be prepared for that. that's in affect. 66 and 95 is clear. and 95 bw parkway no problems this morning. >>> some employees at virginia's department of motor vehicles will be at work this labor day holiday. they are racking up the poll day pay to clear a backlog that was created during the computer system meltdown. kristin fisher is live in alexandria. and i don't see any lines yet. >> no lines yet. and i highly doubt a trip to the dmv is how most people like to spend their labor day holiday but if you are affected by last week's computer blackout, then, you know, this may not be a bad idea. this dmv location in al
moving over to 3 t 5 northbound -- 395 northbound in virginia. looking good from et cetera toll the 14th street bridge. 66 eastbound out of centreville. no issues making your way past route 50 to the beltway. 270 southbound looks good here at 109 to the split. no problems as it is wide open. also want to remind drivers, hov restrictions have been lifted today except for route 50. if coming back from the beaches or across the bay bridge, be prepared for that. that's in affect. 66 and 95 is...
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earl now getting near it the virginia-north carolina border starting to impact southeast virginia with light rain in southern maryland and the northern neck t ocean city will start getting into it. it will probably be rough until 2 to 3. 87, 90 today, breezy, only near 80 on saturday. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by comfort inn. after a long day of vacation, relax with comfort inn. >> they'd be grounded if they were my kids. that's all i have to say. dangerous, all kidding aside, right here along the shoreline. keep in mind, high heat in places like the carolinas. we'll see strong thunderstorms in the southern plains. we'll send it back to you guys in new york. >> thank you, dave. good morning to you at home. miami international airport reopened this morning after being shut down by an overnight security scare. most of the airport was evacuated and a traveler was detained when screeners found a metal canister in his luggage. let's go more from wfor-tv in miami. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, betty. that man right now is being detained and questioned by local an
earl now getting near it the virginia-north carolina border starting to impact southeast virginia with light rain in southern maryland and the northern neck t ocean city will start getting into it. it will probably be rough until 2 to 3. 87, 90 today, breezy, only near 80 on saturday. >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by comfort inn. after a long day of vacation, relax with comfort inn. >> they'd be grounded if they were my kids. that's all i have to say. dangerous, all...
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. >> i'm bruce leshan in virginia beach where earl is clearing out. the surf is up and there's actually already a surfer out there catching the waves that are over his head. they are taking stock here of the damage. one tree down. eight people without power. no major flooding. and down the way, they are setting up for the american music festival that starts tonight. reo speed wagon, chicago, pat pat benatar. they are hoping for a spectacular week. >> i'm scott broom in ocean city, maryland. the sun is already out for the holiday weekend but the precautions were worth the effort hurricane tossed oceans slammed against the sea wall in ocean city. how does it look out there. >> rough, very rough. >> reporter: but a hazard for the beach patrol, which is on duty to keep people off of flooded beaches. >> they call everyone off the beach. i guess they are afraid they could get swept away or something. >> ed today the good news is the ocean doesn't look inviting an people will stay out tomorrow is what we are worried about. the water will be treacherous. >> r
. >> i'm bruce leshan in virginia beach where earl is clearing out. the surf is up and there's actually already a surfer out there catching the waves that are over his head. they are taking stock here of the damage. one tree down. eight people without power. no major flooding. and down the way, they are setting up for the american music festival that starts tonight. reo speed wagon, chicago, pat pat benatar. they are hoping for a spectacular week. >> i'm scott broom in ocean city,...
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let's go to bruce leshan who is farther south in virginia. >>> i'm bruce leshan live in virginia beach. what do you say, red sky at night, sailers delight. but we are not expecting tomorrow to be too delightful. the wind is kicking up, the surf is chopping and red flags are flying. we are expecting hurricane force winds 10 miles south of here at the south carolina state line. where we are standing we are expecting tropical force winds here in virginia beach. the last time a big hurricane came through was about 11 years ago. the national surfing championship was going on for dennis and floyd and you can see the surfers out, but it's still looking pretty flat right here at the inlet. come over and you can see this big burm that folks have built. the kids are having a blast on it. it's to protect this playground. and then down farther you can see the scaffolding or the stage for the american music festival. they are contemplating having to pull that down. the uss eisenhower making its way toward the norfolk naval base. the uss cole, surviving a bombing, coming in through the chesapeake ba
let's go to bruce leshan who is farther south in virginia. >>> i'm bruce leshan live in virginia beach. what do you say, red sky at night, sailers delight. but we are not expecting tomorrow to be too delightful. the wind is kicking up, the surf is chopping and red flags are flying. we are expecting hurricane force winds 10 miles south of here at the south carolina state line. where we are standing we are expecting tropical force winds here in virginia beach. the last time a big...
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in virginia later this morning. the reason, well governor mcdonnell says he wants to make sure the army national guard and emergency personnel have enough time to be in place. the latest forecast has the eye of the storm hitting 200 miles east of virginia beach but northern banks will be the hardest hit. just 1 1/2 hours ago, north carolina officials issued mandatory evacuation official for parts of the banks obvious. specificky oracoke island. about 5,000 visitors have been ordered to board ferry and head back to the mainland. residents have the option of staying but officials still asking them to leave. so far, virginia has not followed suit but governor mcdonnell is warning that evacuation orders are still not out of the question for residents along the coast that could be coming down the pipeline. there's also some risks of tropical-force winds, minor flooding and a few feet of storm surge. that's certainly on the worst side of things in terms of how bad this could be. but at the very least we can expect some ve
in virginia later this morning. the reason, well governor mcdonnell says he wants to make sure the army national guard and emergency personnel have enough time to be in place. the latest forecast has the eye of the storm hitting 200 miles east of virginia beach but northern banks will be the hardest hit. just 1 1/2 hours ago, north carolina officials issued mandatory evacuation official for parts of the banks obvious. specificky oracoke island. about 5,000 visitors have been ordered to board...
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up virginia beach, mid-80s. 84 on saturday. hovering in the low to mid-80s. up to wildwood, new jersey 80. probably hold in the 70s on send and labor day but still nice. looking at temperatures a little below average but a bright weekend. if you are going to the mountains, west of the divide, showers storm, 64. dry on sunday. we are back in the 70s on monday an tuesday. we will come back with a full seven-day forecast in a bit. derek and anita? >>> discovery channel headquarters in downtown silver spring is still closed down today. it's been a couple of days since the gunman armed with bombs sparked a standoff there and police released the 911 calls from shortly after that man, james lee, stormed the building lobby and held three nokes hostage. >> where are you located. >> there is a hostage at the discovery building. there is someone in the building with guns. i can see people on the floor in the building. >> there's people on the floor in the building? >> yes, i can see it. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> five gunshots in the main lobby at 1 discovery pl
up virginia beach, mid-80s. 84 on saturday. hovering in the low to mid-80s. up to wildwood, new jersey 80. probably hold in the 70s on send and labor day but still nice. looking at temperatures a little below average but a bright weekend. if you are going to the mountains, west of the divide, showers storm, 64. dry on sunday. we are back in the 70s on monday an tuesday. we will come back with a full seven-day forecast in a bit. derek and anita? >>> discovery channel headquarters in...
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the beltway in virginia. we will zoom in and know you everything is nice, clean and green, between 95 to 88. speaking of 985, move it -- 95, move it out there. drivers are moving to the springfield interchange. >>> it seems everyone is texting these days. in the past three years it shot up 800% with the average teen sending 3,000 texts a month and for some it is becoming an unhealthy obsession. >> everywhere you look there's a telephone. fingers are walking. thumbs are talking. >> internet, text messages. everything is right there. >> reporter: according to a recent study, 72% of cell phone owners send text messages, up 7% from last year. if i don't have it on me, i feel like i'm not in control or in charge of my life. >> but too much texting has become what some doctors are calling an addiction. >> so anything that you can become obsessed with and you do so much that you don't do the things you need to do with family, friends, school or job can be an addiction and texting can absolutely qualify as that. >> r
the beltway in virginia. we will zoom in and know you everything is nice, clean and green, between 95 to 88. speaking of 985, move it -- 95, move it out there. drivers are moving to the springfield interchange. >>> it seems everyone is texting these days. in the past three years it shot up 800% with the average teen sending 3,000 texts a month and for some it is becoming an unhealthy obsession. >> everywhere you look there's a telephone. fingers are walking. thumbs are talking....
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it is moving towards virginia, but still very slowly on the outer loop as well. but inner loop traffic in virginia, 495 toward the 270 spur, right now if you know folks heading out that way, leaving work, let them know to avoid it at all costs. it will be a mess. get off river road, clara barton and get into d.c. and out of this and find another way home. 355 rockville pike, that is our main alternate away from the accident. again 40 minutes from 123 up to the spur. right now an hour and a half from 123 to bw parkway in montgomery county. >> and that should take maybe 15 minutes at the most. and that's an hour and a half. that gives you some indication of the severity of this traffic situation here. but as we look at the scene, things look like they are starting to wind down a bit. we certainly aren't there, so we can't tell you that. >> but fewer emergency vehicles, fewer sirens and not much activity around the bus itself. but let me get to you with the latest on this deadly bus accident on i-270 and again live pictures right now from sky 9. the northbound spur
it is moving towards virginia, but still very slowly on the outer loop as well. but inner loop traffic in virginia, 495 toward the 270 spur, right now if you know folks heading out that way, leaving work, let them know to avoid it at all costs. it will be a mess. get off river road, clara barton and get into d.c. and out of this and find another way home. 355 rockville pike, that is our main alternate away from the accident. again 40 minutes from 123 up to the spur. right now an hour and a half...
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they've done the sat for the coastal regions of maryland and virginia. but some tourists refuse to let earl ruin their fun in the sun. >> this is our 14th year here. i'm not ready to go back to new york. >> reporter: for those that don't have a place to ride out the storm, red cross shelters are set up. >> shelter is never the best place to be living in but we'll make sure they're dry, have food to eat. >> reporter: supplies they hope won't be needed this time around. now, adding to the potential for trouble, forecasters say that tonight's high tide will coincide pretty closely with earl's arrival. the storm surge, a huge concern with a hurricane this size. i have to tell you, many residents on the outer banks, they're taking it all in stride. they tell me they're going to the way wait to see how the day develops before they board up and get out. >> hopefully they won't wait too long before it's too late. karen brown, we appreciate that. >>> through the night police searched the maryland headquarters of the discovery channel for explosives. a gun man wit
they've done the sat for the coastal regions of maryland and virginia. but some tourists refuse to let earl ruin their fun in the sun. >> this is our 14th year here. i'm not ready to go back to new york. >> reporter: for those that don't have a place to ride out the storm, red cross shelters are set up. >> shelter is never the best place to be living in but we'll make sure they're dry, have food to eat. >> reporter: supplies they hope won't be needed this time around....
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one tieup in virginia going southbound on 95 at backlick road. you are losing a couple of left lanes. northbound you are okay. on i-270 a little construction at 123. should be clearing in 30 and on eastbound 218, east of 301, watch for roadwork. it is taking away a right lane. jess? >>> a search and rescue team from maryland left for massachusetts. the 80-member crew will help with hurricane relief. gear was there when they headed out from rockville last night. >> forget your american express card. what do you absolutely, positively not want to leave home without. >> socks and underwear. most important thing is to have socks an yes or no wear. usually after the storms it is really hot and humid and spend a lot of time walking. >> reporter: and if you are a woman. >> sock apps underwear are important to me, too. >> a lot of people will pack deodorant but bring it in aerosol because everything melts. pack everything in plastic bags because inevitably we will drive through water. >> reporter: this deployment is different. >> this is the first time w
one tieup in virginia going southbound on 95 at backlick road. you are losing a couple of left lanes. northbound you are okay. on i-270 a little construction at 123. should be clearing in 30 and on eastbound 218, east of 301, watch for roadwork. it is taking away a right lane. jess? >>> a search and rescue team from maryland left for massachusetts. the 80-member crew will help with hurricane relief. gear was there when they headed out from rockville last night. >> forget your...
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a hurricane watch is in effect from north of surf city, north carolina, so the virginia border, but it is still too early to tell just how close earl might come to land. don teague reports. >> reporter: whipping angry winds, seen from a window in st. maarten as hurricane earl sideswiped the virgin islands dumping up to inches of rain. in st. croix, heavy surf crashed on shore. the waves tore boats from their docks. in st. kitts, heavy surf ran this coast guard boat aground. high winds damaged roofs and knocked down trees and power lines, blocking roads. the next population in the hurricane's path, the 36,000 residents of the turks and caicos islands. >> we're getting choppy water. on the west side of the island is where the open eshen is and it's extremely rough right now. >> reporter: computer models predict earl will remain a powerful hurricane, tracking to brush the north carolina coast as early as thursday night. already the phone is ringing off the hook at the outer banks motel in hatteras. >> we don't charge you, of course, if you don't come during a hurricane. >> reporter: peopl
a hurricane watch is in effect from north of surf city, north carolina, so the virginia border, but it is still too early to tell just how close earl might come to land. don teague reports. >> reporter: whipping angry winds, seen from a window in st. maarten as hurricane earl sideswiped the virgin islands dumping up to inches of rain. in st. croix, heavy surf crashed on shore. the waves tore boats from their docks. in st. kitts, heavy surf ran this coast guard boat aground. high winds...
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virginia and maryland, it's a friday afternoon into friday night event with rain and wind. then, of course, still that rip current taking you through the weekend. weakening to a category 2. heading to the jersey shoreline and impacting that friday into saturday. long island, cap cod, maybe down into category 1. earl are begin to head over cooler water, wind shear will take effect and cut out a lot of its ability to regain energy. keep in mind, as we take a look at this thing, it is going to impact a large section of the northeast as we head through the next several days and straight through this holiday weekend. dangerous conditions on the water even though we may not bear the full brunt of this hurricane. keep that >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by chrysler. >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. good news is, this is a fast-moving storm at this point and it will continue most likely to gain speed. betty, back to you in new york for a look at this morning's headlines. >> thank you, dave. gmg to you at home. >>> it is a new dawn for iraqis and for u.s.
virginia and maryland, it's a friday afternoon into friday night event with rain and wind. then, of course, still that rip current taking you through the weekend. weakening to a category 2. heading to the jersey shoreline and impacting that friday into saturday. long island, cap cod, maybe down into category 1. earl are begin to head over cooler water, wind shear will take effect and cut out a lot of its ability to regain energy. keep in mind, as we take a look at this thing, it is going to...
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. >> reporter: states of emergency have been declared in north carolina, virginia, maryland, and massachusetts. strong waves from earl are ripping into beaches all along the east coast. in delaware, life guards rescued two children from rip current. >> couldn't breathe for a few seconds, and i got really scar scared. >> reporter: even if the worst of earl stays far from land, the storm could do $1billion to $2 billion in damage from north carolina to maine, and emergency workers still are not convinced the storm is staying away. >> the smallest predicted hurricane can become the most major and the most destructive, so you really don't know. none of us know what's going to happen until tomorrow. >> reporter: emergency officials here, as well as local business owners, are hoping by tomorrow, they're reopening for business for a long labor day weekend rather than cleaning up. erica. >> kelly cobiella,icle ethanks. earl may actually lose some of its punch by the time it reaches the northeast tomorrow, but it is still the strongest hurricane to threaten the coast of new york and new jersey since bo
. >> reporter: states of emergency have been declared in north carolina, virginia, maryland, and massachusetts. strong waves from earl are ripping into beaches all along the east coast. in delaware, life guards rescued two children from rip current. >> couldn't breathe for a few seconds, and i got really scar scared. >> reporter: even if the worst of earl stays far from land, the storm could do $1billion to $2 billion in damage from north carolina to maine, and emergency...
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we're getting reports of tornadic activity in virginia. and today, all of this begins to move up towards the northeast. still scattered rain all the way down into florida. in fact, some heavier stuff down in south florida. lauderdale and miami. but we're going to see the threat of severe weather, maybe even some tropical forms -- tropical storm force winds beginning to roll on in. upwards of 40 miles per hour into the northeast, and some heavy rain. so watch it. another day as we see the battle of cooler air, moist our, which is warm. and that creates some violent weather potentially. we'll keep our eyes on it. >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. we're also watching some weather which may affect florida, maybe a tropical storm nicole into the future. harry? >> all right, thanks very much, dave. now to the merger of two of the country's largest discount airlines. southwest is going to buy air tran for $1.4 billion. the combined carrier will serve more than 100 million customers a year. and what is that going to mean for you? cb
we're getting reports of tornadic activity in virginia. and today, all of this begins to move up towards the northeast. still scattered rain all the way down into florida. in fact, some heavier stuff down in south florida. lauderdale and miami. but we're going to see the threat of severe weather, maybe even some tropical forms -- tropical storm force winds beginning to roll on in. upwards of 40 miles per hour into the northeast, and some heavy rain. so watch it. another day as we see the battle...
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maryland, virginia tech and navy all hit the gridiron. plus the capitals start a fresh seen with a little bit of anger still lingering. but first it is red skins time. tomorrow afternoon the red skins must think of the texans as a dual threat. houston has been known as a passing game for years. but last year they showed they have a running game that can't be ignored. they know the offense sieve thanks to the coordinator kyle's insider information. he has been with them for two seasons. but on the flip-side they know kyle's style really well. is there any advantage? >> it is and it ain't. because, you know, we have been this offense but at the same time their defense has been going against their offense for years, too. so, you know, i guess whoever is going to make that play is going to be the one who wins the game. >> we are mirror images of each other offense. so definitely, you know, they are not going to throw anything at us that we haven't seen and probably not going to throw anything at them that they haven't seen so it will be the t
maryland, virginia tech and navy all hit the gridiron. plus the capitals start a fresh seen with a little bit of anger still lingering. but first it is red skins time. tomorrow afternoon the red skins must think of the texans as a dual threat. houston has been known as a passing game for years. but last year they showed they have a running game that can't be ignored. they know the offense sieve thanks to the coordinator kyle's insider information. he has been with them for two seasons. but on...
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virginia avenue, the latest, 21st street and 25th at virginia avenue northwest. winds could gust up to 25 miles per hour right into tomorrow morning. tom? is. >> thanks so much, veronica. i appreciate that and we'll have this rain tapering off and ending by later tonight and tomorrow into the weekend will be drying out. barbara? >> thank you very much, tom. >>> let's go to pete about a road rescue. >> how are you >> tell us what's happening out there? >> well, we had one of our re units came up on a situation. it happens very often. in fact, the 1,000 block in northeast which is near the metro station there and rhode island avenue and we have some foding, localized flood iing. but, unfortunately, a couple vehicles apparently tried to drive througit or the water came up on them quickly. we have four or five vehicles stuck in the water. each of the vehicles' drivers and occupants needed some assistance getting out. kind of an active scene right now. everybody is out of the vehicles. everybody is to dry land, or at least out of the water. our emsersonnel have evalua
virginia avenue, the latest, 21st street and 25th at virginia avenue northwest. winds could gust up to 25 miles per hour right into tomorrow morning. tom? is. >> thanks so much, veronica. i appreciate that and we'll have this rain tapering off and ending by later tonight and tomorrow into the weekend will be drying out. barbara? >> thank you very much, tom. >>> let's go to pete about a road rescue. >> how are you >> tell us what's happening out there? >>...
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west virginia is at lsu. >>> if there was ever a must-win game in september for virginia tech today's game against east carolina was it. the hokies started the day with a 2 record and a 0-3 start would be disaster. the last time that happened, bon jovi's "living on a prayer" was e number one song in the u.s., that was in 1987. today they tried to change their tune. they go agains a very good east carolina team and put up 100 points in two games, second quarter, the hokies are trailing. 24 yard touchdown and the hokies within three, an impressive play. six minutes later, daryn edwards gets it and they get the lead. hokies down at halftime. frank beamer's team goes off in the second half and east carolina driving dominique davis throws it to the sideline but check out rashad carmichael and davis is trying to atone here trying to tackle but davis, denied. carmichael into the end zone and virginia tech rolls 49-27 earning its first win of the season. >> great win. it came after a very difficult week on coach's players, our whole group. they came when you had to battle like heck out there.
west virginia is at lsu. >>> if there was ever a must-win game in september for virginia tech today's game against east carolina was it. the hokies started the day with a 2 record and a 0-3 start would be disaster. the last time that happened, bon jovi's "living on a prayer" was e number one song in the u.s., that was in 1987. today they tried to change their tune. they go agains a very good east carolina team and put up 100 points in two games, second quarter, the hokies are...
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particularly the slower si is coming out of virginia. this is an area, folks, where you want to steer clear of for quite some time becaus once they get everything anne of this bus and out of the area, they still have to get them to the hospital. we he ambulances, fire units as you see l over this area. >> what we were just looking at is the american legion bridge, that's 495, the beltway. we want you to undetand traffic is absolutely stopped on i-the 70 northbound at this time. >> we're looking at someone injured there being lift onto a gurney. they're setting up tarps. this as rain is picking up. here is one person who has been pulled ought of that bus. we don't know how many remain on the bus,f any. they were working to free three to four traps people. again, as many as 15 people were injured, some with life-threatening injuries. >> in fact, captain garcia told us that one person was actually pinned inside the bus, and that took quite some time for them to ext extra indicate that person. >> you can see, barbara, that the windows there
particularly the slower si is coming out of virginia. this is an area, folks, where you want to steer clear of for quite some time becaus once they get everything anne of this bus and out of the area, they still have to get them to the hospital. we he ambulances, fire units as you see l over this area. >> what we were just looking at is the american legion bridge, that's 495, the beltway. we want you to undetand traffic is absolutely stopped on i-the 70 northbound at this time. >>...
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on the south side of that is coming out of west virginia. that is the area of that is now officially under a severe thunderstorm morning until 11:45. that will be coming through with a bit of lightning. in martinsburg, the winds have not does it all that much. some spots ahead have -- have a half inch of rain. the severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the day ahead tomorrow, quite a change from what we're having right now. blog the latest on the tropics. >>> coming up, a former president burris is a legendary state senator and the accusation that jimmy carter is making about edward kennedy. >> first, discovery hostages speak with oprah winfrey. we will tell you about it when abc 7 news returns in >> former president jimmy carter is accusing edward kennedy of delaying health-care reform for years. carter says that registration fell through because kennedy did so out of spite. kennedy later fought the health care legislation for nearly spree decades. health care did reform for months after his death. >>> the california man charged wi
on the south side of that is coming out of west virginia. that is the area of that is now officially under a severe thunderstorm morning until 11:45. that will be coming through with a bit of lightning. in martinsburg, the winds have not does it all that much. some spots ahead have -- have a half inch of rain. the severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the day ahead tomorrow, quite a change from what we're having right now. blog the latest on the tropics. >>> coming up, a...
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begins to douse places like virginia and down through the carolina's. bottom line more wet weather will be the pattern here and you can see the leading edge of the storm and there will be more and more of this training up the coast. let's show you downtown. rain hasn't come in quite yet. 67 degrees and humidity high at 81%. that could help fuel quite a bit of leafy wet weather. so far so good. just trace amounts today across the immediate baltimore area. a less than a 20th of inch of rain. winds not to gusty yet. those rainfall totals further south of us beginning to come up a little bit. we have a third of an inch in hunting town. these are the -- all right. let's show you the humidity. high, air nearly saturated. that is going to help fuel the rain as it comes in. very large area of heavy wet weather through norfolk. they are getting a lot of rainfall. the whole thing tracks further and further north. talled front along the coast. we are optimistic it'll begin to move out to seef. it stalls out we could see more rain. it's rain that won't be welcome.
begins to douse places like virginia and down through the carolina's. bottom line more wet weather will be the pattern here and you can see the leading edge of the storm and there will be more and more of this training up the coast. let's show you downtown. rain hasn't come in quite yet. 67 degrees and humidity high at 81%. that could help fuel quite a bit of leafy wet weather. so far so good. just trace amounts today across the immediate baltimore area. a less than a 20th of inch of rain....